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1. The Prayer of Episcopal Consecration
The consecration prayer itself proves the fact that other bishops must
be present and lay their hands on the ordinand during the rite consecration:
Hierarch: Master, Lord, our God, Thou who legislated unto us through Thine All‐
famed Apostle Paul, regarding the order of degrees and orders, for the purpose of
serving and liturgizing Thy venerable and immaculate Mysteries in Thy Holy
Sanctuary: first Apostles, second Prophets, third Teachers. Likewise, O Master of All,
this here elected one who has been granted worthy to carry the Evangelical yoke, and
the High Priestly rank, by the hand of sinful me, and by those of the
witnessing Concelebrants and Co‐Bishops, by the inspiration and power and
grace of Thy Holy Spirit, strengthen, as Though strengthened the Holy Apostles and
Prophets, as Thou anointed the Kings, as Though sanctified the High Priests, and
grant unto him the High Priesthood without reproach, and adorning him with all
piety, elect him holy and make him worthy, that he may intercede for the salvation of
the people, and that they may obey Thee through him. For sanctified is Thy Name and
glorified is Thy Kingdom, of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, now
and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.”
The original Greek is as follows:
Ἀρχιερεὺς: Δέσποτα Κύριε, ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, ὁ νομοθετήσας ἡμῖν διὰ τοῦ
πανευφήμου σου Ἀποστόλου Παύλου, βαθμῶν καὶ ταγμάτων τάξιν, εἰς τὸ
ἐξυπηρετεῖσθαι, καὶ λειτουργεῖν τοῖς σεπτοῖς, καὶ ἀχράντοις σου
Μυστηρίοις ἐν τῶ ἁγίω σου Θυσιαστηρίω, πρῶτον Ἀποστόλους, δεύτερον
Προφήτας, τρίτον Διδασκάλους. Αὐτός, Δέσποτα τῶν ἁπάντων, καὶ τοῦτον
τὸν ψηφισθέντα, καὶ ἀξιωθέντα ὑπεισελθεῖν τὸν Εὐαγγελικὸν ζυγόν, καὶ
τὴν Ἀρχιερατικὴν ἀξίαν, διὰ τῆς χειρὸς ἐμοῦ τοῦ ἁμαρτωλοῦ, καὶ τῶν
συμπαρόντων Λειτουργῶν καὶ Συνεπισκόπων, τῆ ἐπιφοιτήσει καὶ
δυνάμει, καὶ χάριτι τοῦ Ἁγίου σου Πνεύματος, ἐνίσχυσον, ὡς ἐνίσχυσας τοὺς
ἁγῖους σου Ἀποστόλους, καὶ Προφήτας, ὡς ἔχρισας τοὺς Βασιλεῖς , ὡς
ἡγίασας τοὺς Ἀρχιερεῖς, καὶ ἀνεπίληπτον αὐτοῦ τὴν Ἀρχιερωσύνην
ἀπόδειξον, καὶ πάση σεμνότητι κατακοσμῶν, ἅγιον ἀνάδειξον, εἰς τὸ ἄξιον
γενέσθαι, τοῦ αἰτεῖν αὐτὸν τὰ πρὸς σωτηρίαν τοῦ λαοῦ, καὶ ἐπακούειν σε
αὐτοῦ. Ὄτι ἡγίασταί σου τὸ ὄνομα καὶ δεδόξασταί σου ἡ Βασιλεία, τοῦ
Πατρός, καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ, καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος, νῦν καὶ ἀεί, καὶ εἰς τοὺς
αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων.